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<blockquote data-quote="davidd" data-source="post: 37780" data-attributes="member: 1177"><p>Tim,</p><p></p><p>Your racer has performed so well it is unlikely that there is a problem. If the front end is extended from high pre loads it will worsen the braking considerably and I doubt that you or Ben would have put up with that for long. Racers seem to push the issue. Carleton Palmer, John Renwick and I had the same problem on the same track. John and Carleton went off the track saying that the bike would not turn and I fell down in a tank slapper. Phil Mahood crashed his racer and when it was rebuilt a friend of his crashed it in exactly the same spot on the same track. It is always in a braking zone. Most of the crashes on the street are due to having to brake harder than is anticipated. Fortunately, this does not happen often on the street, but you usually do not have much of a choice when it happens. Carleton and Reg Bolton have had it happen on the street.</p><p></p><p>David</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="davidd, post: 37780, member: 1177"] Tim, Your racer has performed so well it is unlikely that there is a problem. If the front end is extended from high pre loads it will worsen the braking considerably and I doubt that you or Ben would have put up with that for long. Racers seem to push the issue. Carleton Palmer, John Renwick and I had the same problem on the same track. John and Carleton went off the track saying that the bike would not turn and I fell down in a tank slapper. Phil Mahood crashed his racer and when it was rebuilt a friend of his crashed it in exactly the same spot on the same track. It is always in a braking zone. Most of the crashes on the street are due to having to brake harder than is anticipated. Fortunately, this does not happen often on the street, but you usually do not have much of a choice when it happens. Carleton and Reg Bolton have had it happen on the street. David [/QUOTE]
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